Magazine fire-arm



(No Model.)

R. M. AUGHBNBAUGH & G. E. RUFPLEY.

MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

Patented Mar. 12

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ROBERT M. AUGI-IENBAUGII, OF BEAVER, AND GEORGE E. RUFFLEY, OF GLENFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAGAZINE FiRE-ARIVI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.- 399,464, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed May 29, 1888. Serial No. 275,527. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Bc it known that we, ROBERT M. AUGHEN- BAUGH, of Beaver, in the county of Beaver, and GEORGE E. RUFFLEY, of Gleniield, in the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, both citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine Fire-Arms; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in magazine fire-arms, the object being to provide a tire-arm of simple construction that will be safe, reliable, and accurate in loading and extracting the empty shell; and with these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and arrangements of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of our improved fire-arm constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. .2 is a cross-section of the same on the line X X. Fig. 3 is an end view of the breech-bolt, showing the position of the ejector. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the breech-bolt, showin g the movement of the ejector.

To put our invention into practice with a magazine lire-arm consisting of the barrel a, the magazine and other well-known parts, we provide a carrying-block, c, consisting of a slightly-recessed block having two arms, d, projecting toward the rear and attached to the frame c by a suitable pin, f. This block c serves to receive the cartridge from the magazine b and convey the same upward to the breech of the barrel a.. On the under side of this carrying-block c is formed a deep groove, g, whereby the cartridges may be introduced into the magazine b by slightlyT elevating the block c and pushing the cartridges through an opening covered by a spring-hinged door, 7L, on the under side of the frame c. Attached to the operating-levert' are two slotted arms, lo, which are bent at a right angle in order to clear the rear end of the carrying-block c. These arms 7.'. operate a sliding piece, Z, placed between two downwardly-projecting pieces, m, rigidly secured to the breech-bolt o. At the rear of the breech-bolt o is a vertically sliding breechbolt locking-bloclnp, actuated by a fan-shaped plate, q, attached to the operating-lever c', this plate q being loosely attached to the breech-bolt locking-block p by small pins r in a recess formed in the end of the block p, which detach themselves when by the movement of the lever the top surface of the breechbolt locking-block is brought below the lower edge of the breech-bolt o. At the forward end of the breech-bolt o we arrange an ejector consisting of a hinged piece, s, provided with two lugs, t, which strike projections formed on the inner side walls of the frame c when the breech-bolt o has reached the end of its backward movement, at which time the empty shell will be thrown out of the opening in the top of the frame e. This last-mentioned opening is covered by a sliding lid, u, attached to the forward end of the breech-bolt o, which cover u moves in grooves formed in the frame c and serves as a support to the forward end of the breech-bolt o.

The carrying-block c is raised or elevated from its position in which it receives the cartridge from the magazine h to the breech of the barrel c by a short arm, w, which is secured to the front end of the lever z', and is carried or inclined forward and upward, as indicated in full and dotted lines in Fig. l, to bear against the lower side of the carryingblock when the lever is raised.

In operation a cartridge from the magazine b is pushed into the carrying-block c. The operating-lever 'L' is moved forward, which action, by means of the plate q, removes the breech-bolt locking-block p from behind the breech-bolt o and detaches itself therefrom. The lever c', still moving forward, commences to move the breech-bolt o toward the rear, the sliding block Z, together with the slots in the arms 7o, allowing the breech-bolt locking-block p time to move out of the way before any pressure is brought against the breech-bolt o. By this time the projection or short lever w comes in contact with the carrying-block c and moves the same upward, bringing the point of the cartridge to the breech of the barrel c.. By a reverse or backward movement IOD of the lever /L' the breech-bolt o is first moved forward, which drives the shell into position in thebarrel a. The carrying-block is lowered and immediately receives another cartridge from the magazine I). At the latter part of the movement of the levert the vertically-moving breech-bolt locking-block p is moved upward behind the breech -bolt 0. IV hen the extractor has withdrawn the empty shell from the barrel a, the ejector', by striking suitably-placed projections, moves quickly and occupies the position shown at Fig. 5 on the drawings, which movement ejects the empty shell from the gun.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a magazine fire-arm, the combination of an endwise-movable breech-bolt having the parallel slotted arms m depending therefrom near its front end, a pivoted lever, 1I, the carrying-block c, having the rearward-extending arms CZ pivoted at a point in rear of the fulcrum of the lever, the horizontal slotted levers 7c, arranged above the carrying-block when the latter is in position to receive a cartridge from the magazine, and having the depending vertical arms at their rear ends,which are secured to the lever i, a xf'ertieally-movable block, l, fitted in the parallel vertical slots of the arms m, and having pins fitted in the horizontal slots of the levers k, and an arm, w, carried by the lever, for the purpose of raising the carrying-block c, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of an endwise-movable breech-bolt, an ej ector-plate, s, pivoted at its upper edge to the front end of said breechbolt, and having laterally-extending lugs t projecting from opposite sides of said ejectorplate, near the pivot thereof, and fixed lugs on the frame of the gun and arranged on opposite sides of the breech-bolt, in the path of the lugs t on the ej ector-plate, whereby when the breech-bolt is suddenly drawn rearward the lugs twill be suddenly struck by the fixed lugs to raise the ejector-plate forcibly and expel the shell, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we hereunto affix our signatures.

ROBERT M. AUGHENBAUGH. GEORGE E. RUFFLEY.

In presence of- J No. GRIPP, J. A. CARLINE. 

